North Rhine-Westphalia · Germany
Cologne
Photo: Thomas Wolf · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons
- Local time
- Europe/Berlin
- Country
- Germany
- Population
- 1,024,621
- Elevation
- 58 m
- Airports
- CGN
- 15 km from the centre
- From DXB
- 4,980 km
- 6 hrs 35 mins · Estimate
Climate
The weather in Cologne, month by month
- Jan4°
- Feb6°
- Mar10°
- Apr15°
- May19°
- Jun23°
- Jul25°
- Aug24°
- Sept20°
- Oct15°
- Nov9°
- Dec5°
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Good for going, on these averages: May to September.
Mean highs run from 4°C in January to 25°C in July, with about 791 mm of rain in a year.
Month-by-month climate for CologneModelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020.
Airports
Airports serving Cologne
Other airports within 150 km
- DUSDüsseldorf AirportLarge · Düsseldorf42 km from the centre
- DTMDortmund AirportLarge · Dortmund80 km from the centre
- MSTMaastricht Aachen AirportLarge · Maastricht83 km from the centre
- NRNWeeze (Niederrhein) AirportLarge · Duisburg93 km from the centre
- LGGLiège AirportMedium · Flémalle-Haute111 km from the centre
- HHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportLarge · Idar-Oberstein112 km from the centre
How far it is from the UAE
From DXBCologne
4,980 km
6 hrs 35 mins · Estimate
From AUHCologne
5,000 km
6 hrs 40 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Facts
Practical facts
- Local time
- Europe/Berlin
- Country
- Germany
- Currency
- Euro EURToday's indicative rate: EUR 1 ≈ USD 1.12Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C and F230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 110police112general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +49 · On the right
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